Vulcan

Amazon's Leo constellation has booked 38 Vulcan flights for deployment.

ULA's inability to rapidly scale Vulcan production presents a bottleneck for its largest commercial customer, Amazon.

ULA certified the Vulcan rocket for National Security Space Launch missions following the Cert-2 flight on October 4, 2024.

ULA's next mission is expected to be a Vulcan launch.

The upcoming ULA Vulcan launch could be a National Security mission, specifically USSF-87 or GPS III SV09.

The upcoming ULA Vulcan launch could also be the first Amazon Leo launch on Vulcan (LV-01).

The next couple of Amazon LEO missions are expected to launch on Vulcan, Ariane 6, and New Glenn.

Vulcan has a 2.2 million square foot rocket factory in Decatur, Alabama.

Missions for Vulcan start on the factory floor.

ECSAT hosts several world-leading facilities, including the 5G/6G Hub, ESA's Actionable Climate Information Section, the Vulcan sample analogue curation facility, and the Business Incubation Centre UK.

The only other rockets to launch from Florida this year were Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket, and three ULA Atlas V rockets.

The Vulcan Centaur rocket from United Launch Alliance, which also debuted in 2024, has only flown once so far this year.

The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket has flown only once in 2025.

The GPS III SV09 satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Vulcan VC2S rocket before the end of the year.

Blue Origin delivered its 30th BE-4 engine for the Vulcan rocket.

The second Vulcan mobile launch platform features a launch head swing arm.

Amazon has contracted 38 Vulcan launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for later this year.

The environmental impact statement for Starship shows restriction zones for tests and launches extending to include SLC-41, used by United Launch Alliance for Atlas and Vulcan.